Jason Hawk Harris — Thin Places
Every so often, you listen to an album the whole way through and are left breathless. The artist has laid it all out, baring their soul, giving you a new perspective on your own life. Surely, this is their height.…
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Mireya Ramos & The Poor Choices — Sin Fronteras
It doesn’t take much deductive reasoning, or even a sensitive ear, to pick up the commonalities between country music and ranchera. But if you need the point illustrated, Mireya Ramos & The Poor Choices will do it for you while…
Roberta Lea — Too Much of a Woman
They say it takes a lifetime to write your first album, and Roberta Lea has lived a full one that informs Too Much of a Woman. Lea, a former high school Spanish teacher and mother of two, brings her self-assurance…
Buffalo Nichols — The Fatalist
Buffalo Nichols is nothing if not blunt. He and his former musical partner, Joanna Rose, performed what is still the single best musical critique of the supposed safe haven of the Americana genre. He had no problem putting on the…
Karen and the Sorrows — Why Do We Want What We Want?
This review is also cross-posted on our sister site, Rainbow Rodeo. Karen and the Sorrows pulled a Beyonce and dropped her latest EP, Why Do We Want What We Want? this morning. Before we get into the EP, though, it’s…